Maura Zagrans asked David Shrauger:

Your military background makes me wonder if you love Pat Conroy's work and whether it has been influential in your writing career?

David Shrauger I'm afraid that I have not read Pat Conroy, although I am familiar with Lords of Discipline and Prince of Tides by way of their movie adaptions. When it comes to military authors, I am mostly influenced by Tim O'Brian, Karl Malantes, Anton Myrer, and Kent Anderson. It was very important to me when I was growing up to read as much as I could about Vietnam because it seemed that every adult male I knew had served there. With that said, I do plan to read Lords of Discipline when I get the chance.

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